Worst 3 Things about each T14

I think that I'm so caught up in the awe of getting into these amazing schools that I'm blinded to some aspects of them that don't completely vibe with what I'm looking for in a school. Can anyone relate? If so, post here the top three things that you hate about the T14 schools you're considering. I'll start it off:

Michigan1. Out in the boondocks for an East-coaster like me.2. Cold as hell, I would presume.3. No faculty that catch my eye (as far as star-faculty goes)

Harvard1. Ridiculously large (550 students or so).2. Potentially bad-natured classmates (from the rumors/myths I hear -- Harvard students are arrogant, privileged, elitist, bla bla bla lol).3. Cambridge/Boston is not where I wanted to spend the next three years of my life (we couldn't relocate HLS to Miami, could we?).

Mich:1. Far away from all my friends/family2. I've spoken with some people who weren't thrilled with the help they gave on the 1L summer job search3. Only on-campus housing requires you to have a meal plan and no cooking facilities

nyu1. not as prestigious as columbia, though similarly ranked2. clerkship placement and law review don't compare to columbia3. impossible to afford living on or near campus

1-OK. 2-what? clerkship placement is pretty comparable. Don't go to either school for clerkships. Both get absolutely destroyed by chicago. I have no idea what you are talking about with law review. Being on law review at either school gets where ever you want to go. 3-yea, pretty much.

based on impact factor, immediacy, cost effectiveness and journal citations, columbia's law review surpasses nyu's, and since i'm interested in the possibility of doing law review, it would be cooler to be involved in one that had that much more clout.

OMG-ok, HAHAHAHAHAA. wait. let me catch my breath. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahah. ha. ok. I can't believe someone said that. a new low for LSD. you apparently have no conception of what students on law review do or why it isn't interesting to anyone one way or another. I love the fact that you site cost effectiveness as a factor. man, a classic post.

based on impact factor, immediacy, cost effectiveness and journal citations, columbia's law review surpasses nyu's, and since i'm interested in the possibility of doing law review, it would be cooler to be involved in one that had that much more clout.

OMG-ok, HAHAHAHAHAA. wait. let me catch my breath. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahah. ha. ok. I can't believe someone said that. a new low for LSD. you apparently have no conception of what students on law review do or why it isn't interesting to anyone one way or another. I love the fact that you site cost effectiveness as a factor. man, a classic post.

maybe if you don't know what you are talking about you shouldn't be so snarky

i meant supreme court clerkships with those numbers, my mistake. (not that i expect to clerk at the supreme court, but an impressive statistic nonetheless, and i'm guessing it's indicative of how competitive a columbia education is in the clerkship 'market.')

i think you misunderstood why i mentioned the law review criteria. my take on law review is simply that to be affiliated with a law review of higher overall quality/reputation is, overall, better, because the law review's success is one reflection (of many) of the school's success. i listed the criteria used in law review rankings (might've left out one, forget), and in all of those criteria, one law review was ranked higher. that says nothing about what i think students do when they're on the law review.

you had a problem with why i mentioned clerkships and law reviews, so i explained myself. the snarkyness was because i was annoyed at your unnecessary rudeness. the thread topic didn't seem to warrant you picking a fight or taking what i said so seriously.

dude, your SCOTUS clerkship numbers are also wrong.

the numbers are 25 for Columbia and 16 for NYU since 1991. Not per year. In the last 5 years it's 7 for NYU and 5 for CLS. at either school basically 2 people go in an good year. and my point about law reviews is that it makes no difference at all whether or not you are on CLS law review or NYU law review. for any reason. for firms you are pretty much set for either one, and for clerkships or academia recommendations are far more important. the difference in prestige between CLS LR and NYU LR is like the difference between their cafeteria food, no one cares (if there even is a difference).